If it can't be merged, it's not a fork, that's the key part of forks (well, not entirely, but the lack of shared code means it's not a fork by my definition).

If it can't be merged, it's not a fork, that's the key part of forks (well, not entirely, but the lack of shared code means it's not a fork by my definition). That said, you're on point: this is forking the community. A hard fork, too.